South Bay Interfaith

 

Partner City Proclamation

From the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions

TO: Supervisor Liz Kniss, President Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and Mayor Chuck Reed of San Jose:

It is our great pleasure to notify you that the City of San Jose and the County of Santa Clara have officially been chosen to be the Inaugural City in the Partner Cities Network of the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions. We congratulate you and your administration on this distinguished achievement.

The City of San Jose and the County of Santa Clara have shown in word and deed that its citizens, leaders, civic institutions and government have embraced a vision of interreligious harmony and social justice that is at the core of the mission, values and work of the Parliament of the World’s Religions. You have shown an exceptional level of active engagement in advancing these critically-important goals that go beyond good intentions alone. The inspired work and commitment of the Silicon Valley Partner City Group over this past year, culminating in its exemplary case study of the interreligious movement in Santa Clara County and the Profile for Admission to the global network, is to be highly commended.

On behalf of the Partner Cities Network, and the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions, please accept the enclosed Proclamation, along with our esteem for the vital work you are doing.

Along with such legacy Partner Cities as Chicago, Capetown, Barcelona and Melbourne, the City of San Jose and the County of Santa Clara take on a key role among the great cities of the world. As we move ahead in our new century, it is cities such as yours that will lead the way in bringing about a more peaceable and just world.

With every good wish as you, the City of San Jose and the County of Santa Clara go from strength to strength.

Sincerely yours,
Dirk Ficca, Executive Director
Zabrina Santiago, Deputy Executive Director and Partner Cities Director
Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions

Partner Cities Network
of the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions
Proclamation

WHEREAS, The City of San Jose and the County of Santa Clara have a rich history of advancing the cause of social harmony, interreligious dialogue and social justice; and

WHEREAS, the City and County are home to a variety of exemplary and effective religious, civic, education and governmental groups, organizations and individuals dedicated to multifaith cooperation; and

WHEREAS, these groups, organizations and individuals are meeting critical needs of the community in furthering education, fellowship and social action; and

WHEREAS, the Silicon Valley Partner City Group, in its Profile for Admission, has embraced the vision of interreligious understanding and global peace that is consonant with the vision, mission and work of the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions to cultivate harmony among the world’s religious and spiritual communities and foster their engagement with the world and its guiding institutions in order to achieve a more just, peaceful and sustainable world;

NOW, THEREFORE, we, the Council for a Parliament of the World Religions, officially and with pleasure proclaim the City of San Jose and the County of Santa Clara to be

The Inaugural City and County in The Partner City Network
of the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions

joining the legacy Partner Cities of Chicago (USA), Capetown (South Africa), Barcelona (Spain) and Melbourne (Australia). We are delighted to honor the City of San Jose and the County of Santa Clara, and its entire delegation, at the 2009 Parliament of the World’s Religions, to be held in Melbourne, Australia, December 3 – 9, 2009.

We convey our good wishes and congratulations to the people, organizations, institutions and officials of the City of San Jose and the County of Santa Clara, who have made this designation possible.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we hereunto set our hand this fifteenth day of October in the year 2009.